Microlophus koepckeorum
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Microlophus
Species: Microlophus koepckeorum
Name
[edit]Microlophus koepckeorum (Mertens, 1956)
- Holotype: SMF 50337, adult ♂, collected on 30 January 1955.
- Type locality: “oberhald Pariakoto, 1600 m, H. östlich Yautan”, Department of Ancash, Peru.
- Etymology: koepckeorum is in genitive plural form, honoring German-born Peruvian zoologists Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and Maria Koepcke, husband and wife.
Combinations
[edit]- Tropidurus occipitalis koepckeorum Mertens, 1956: 117 [original combination]
- Tropidurus koepckeorum — Dixon & Wright, 1975: 28 [subsequent combination]
- Plesiomicrolophus koepckeorum — Frost, 1992: 45 [subsequent combination]
- Microlophus koepkeorum — Harvey & Gutberlet, 2000: 216 [subsequent combination]
Native distribution areas
[edit]- Peru: Piura, Lambayeque, Cajamarca, La Libertad and Ancash
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Mertens, R. 1956. Studien über die Herpetofauna Peru I. Zur Kenntniss der Iguaniden-Gattung Tropidurus in Peru. Senckenbergiana biologica 37: 101–136. Reference page.
- Dixon, J.R. & Wright, J.W. 1975. A review of the lizards of the iguanid genus Tropidurus in Peru. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 271: 1–39. BHL Reference page.
- Frost, D.R. 1992. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the Tropidurus group of lizards (Iguania: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates 3033: 68 pp. hdl: 2246/4997 Reference page.
- Harvey, M.B. & Gutberlet, R.L. 2000. A phylogenetic analysis of the tropidurine lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae), including new characters of squamation and epidermal microstructure. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128(2): 189–233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00161.x Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Lehr, E., Venegas, P., Suárez, J., Torres, C. & Perez, J. 2015. IUCN: Microlophus koepckeorum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T48444254A48444261. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T48444254A48444261.en. Accessed on 15 April 2024.